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the greatest decrease in child poverty in america came under bill clinton with a republican congress in the late 1990's. that is just a fact. jeffrey is shaking his head. no, it is a fact. the lowest level of black children in poverty in history was 1997. you could make an argument that having a welfare system shift toward opportunity would work. >> i'm going to give you all the time you need. before that, what would you say then to those who read the "new york times" stories when they did to review 15 years after bill clinton's welfare to work program, that women and children were falling faster into poverty than anybody else? [applause] i too was the program that helped push them in there? were they wrong? -- it was that program that helped push them in there? were they wrong? >> yes, but let me carry you two steps further. i have been working with a former california assembly leader on a project state-by- state to get people out of prison if they are there for non-violent crimes, to get them brought back into society. you cannot discuss how we will solve some of these problems wit
the greatest decrease in child poverty in america came under bill clinton with a republican congress in the late 1990's. that is just a fact. jeffrey is shaking his head. no, it is a fact. the lowest level of black children in poverty in history was 1997. you could make an argument that having a welfare system shift toward opportunity would work. >> i'm going to give you all the time you need. before that, what would you say then to those who read the "new york times" stories...
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host: we want to take you back to what then speaker newt gingrich had to say to then president bill clinton. but first, speaker boehner had this to say. [video clip] >> i was at the white house the other night and listened to the president's only some 20 times what he was not going to negotiate. listened to the majority leader of the united states senate say he was not going to talk until we surrendered. than this morning i get the wall street journal out and they say we do not care how long this lasts because we are winning. this is not some damn game! the american people do not want their government shutdown and neither do i. all we are asking for is to sit down and have a negotiation and bring fairness to the people under obamacare. it is as easy as that. host: in the weekly standard fred barnes has this piece -- "boehner in charge, how the house speaker rallied his restive troops." republican line, good morning. caller: good morning. my take on this whole situation is the president has not signed a budget since he became president, and is continuing funding resolution allows shenanigans
host: we want to take you back to what then speaker newt gingrich had to say to then president bill clinton. but first, speaker boehner had this to say. [video clip] >> i was at the white house the other night and listened to the president's only some 20 times what he was not going to negotiate. listened to the majority leader of the united states senate say he was not going to talk until we surrendered. than this morning i get the wall street journal out and they say we do not care how...
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host: here is what bill clinton had to say. [video clip] >> i vetoed the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue to fight for the right kind of balance budget. remember, the republicans are following a very explicit strategy, announced last april by speaker gingrich. to use the threat of government shutdown to force america to accept their cuts in medicare and medicaid, to accept their cuts in education and technology and the environment. yesterday they certainly legislation that said we will only keep the government going, and we will only let it pay for this if and only if we accept their cuts in medicare, their cuts in education, their cuts in the envir
host: here is what bill clinton had to say. [video clip] >> i vetoed the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue...
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republican senators pro tested in a letter to president bill clinton that this reversed long-standing u.s. policy because it allowed the north koreans to hang onto the spent fuel rods and would delay for several years the inspection of suspect sites. the accord shows it is always possible to get an agreement when you give enough away said senator dole. the deal has been criticized in south korea. for ee it as a crime pyongyang for them to dispel doubts. the pakistan which will be signed will provide north korea with an interim supply of fuel to overcome its energy shortage d 2,000 megawatt light water reactors. north korea will abandon its facilities and renounce any plans to build nuclear weapons. gee, doesn't that sound familiar. this administration is repeating the same mistakes of madeline albright and bill clinton as president. iran cannot be trusted, that has lied repeatedly, just like north korea did. and how did the clinton deal work out? yeah, they took the nuclear facilities we provided them, but they didn't stand good behind their promise not to develop nuclear weapons. the
republican senators pro tested in a letter to president bill clinton that this reversed long-standing u.s. policy because it allowed the north koreans to hang onto the spent fuel rods and would delay for several years the inspection of suspect sites. the accord shows it is always possible to get an agreement when you give enough away said senator dole. the deal has been criticized in south korea. for ee it as a crime pyongyang for them to dispel doubts. the pakistan which will be signed will...
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he stopped at the clinton global initiative for conversation about health care with bill clinton. this is a little less than an hour. >> hillary rodham clinton. [laughter] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you. thank you very much. i have a great pleasure to introduce our next two speakers who are about to have a conversation concerning health care. and i thought hard about how to introduce these two men. [laughter] and the more i thought about it, the more i realized how much they have in common. they are both left-handed. they both love golf, a game that does not often reciprocate the love they put into it. [laughter] they both are fanatic sports fans and go to great lengths to be in front of the tv or on the side of the court or the field. they both are master politicians. each of them has only lost one election. they're both democrats. they have fabulous daughters. they each married far above themselves. [laughter] [applause] and they each love our country. and so, please join me in welcoming number 42 and number 44, bill clinton and president barack obama. [applause] ?him hi
he stopped at the clinton global initiative for conversation about health care with bill clinton. this is a little less than an hour. >> hillary rodham clinton. [laughter] >> good afternoon, everyone. thank you. thank you very much. i have a great pleasure to introduce our next two speakers who are about to have a conversation concerning health care. and i thought hard about how to introduce these two men. [laughter] and the more i thought about it, the more i realized how much they...
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bill clinton. everybody loves bill and hillary clinton. bill clinton allowed china into the wto. this has been a republican trend. free-trade meeting open labor markets. labor and unions have been fighting for closed labor markets. what does bill clinton do? he lets china into the wto. china has like a billion poor workers. "we to not want to hire them because we can go to china and ire much cheaper labor." guest: the deficit has been coming down. that is something republicans have been slow to acknowledge. we are having a slow recovery because government employment is typically a significant component of an economic recovery. and a lot of conservatives argue the government does not create jobs but in fact it does create jobs and helps create recoveries. it is more true for state governments. the first recovery we have had in about half a century according to a princeton economist where we have not seen the growth in government employment. the sequester has also been damaging to the recovery. it is true we need to generate some spending and the government needs to play a role in
bill clinton. everybody loves bill and hillary clinton. bill clinton allowed china into the wto. this has been a republican trend. free-trade meeting open labor markets. labor and unions have been fighting for closed labor markets. what does bill clinton do? he lets china into the wto. china has like a billion poor workers. "we to not want to hire them because we can go to china and ire much cheaper labor." guest: the deficit has been coming down. that is something republicans have...
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[booing] i helped bill clinton balanced the budget and built a surplus because we had good economic times. good economic times should pay down the deficit as clinton did but to reagan and bush did not. in bad times you have to stimulate and the airtime as president obama is doing. it is like listening to lectures on hygiene from type 40 -- typhoid mary. is more important to america's pursuit of happiness? which is more dangerous to america's pursuit of happiness? eight 350 format before a 44 ounce big gulf. if you come to my house, you would find guns but no cans of soda. i have the right wing position on the giant drink soda thing. i do not like the idea. idea of thee the government telling me what size soda i can drink. i am with tucker and probably most of you. i have the right wing position on gun safety. i have the same as ronald reagan who was for a waiting time before you buy a gun. the same as george w. bush he was for a ban on assault weapons. the same as when lapierre who was for a universal background check before he flip-flopped. i have the right wing position big drs if you g
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host: what do you make of what bill clinton had to say last week just before a president can out and made the change? guest: that put the white house in an uncomfortable position. this is right at the time of the upton bill being talked about and scheduled to vote about it on friday. before that though, president clinton came out and said president obama has got to make good on his progress that if you like you're playing you can keep it, even if that means a change in the law. since then, president obama endorsed the fixed that did not involve a change in the law. president clinton stepped out a little bit in front of president obama and put them in an uncomfortable position. obama stops short of addressing the upton bill, he has issued a veto threat. clinton forced the white house's hand. is that to help hillary if she decides to run? we are still three years away from 2016, tough to say and evaluate the politics of that. it did force the white house to take a stand, which happened not to be the standard bill clinton identified. host: prior to the upton bill last friday, with the p
host: what do you make of what bill clinton had to say last week just before a president can out and made the change? guest: that put the white house in an uncomfortable position. this is right at the time of the upton bill being talked about and scheduled to vote about it on friday. before that though, president clinton came out and said president obama has got to make good on his progress that if you like you're playing you can keep it, even if that means a change in the law. since then,...
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the republicans negotiated with bill clinton. bill clinton got most of what he wanted. republicans got some concessions from the president. we moved on. what was different about this one was the president said i'm not negotiating. i'm going to sit back and just act like a spoiled child. he always thought he had the political upper hand, which he probably did in the end given the fact that republicans caved in. i'm not so sure the republicans -- that the president is a big winner here. i think a lot of people look just see disgust with republicans but also with the way the president behaved and not coming up with some kind of negotiated settlement that would have made sure that as we write another $1 trillion of higher debt allowances that we are going to do something to get the budget under control. this is one of the first times in a long time we raised the debt ceiling with no conditions attached. host: how much of that also factored into the continuing roll out of the president's health care plan and success? how much of the president's -- the people -- what the peop
the republicans negotiated with bill clinton. bill clinton got most of what he wanted. republicans got some concessions from the president. we moved on. what was different about this one was the president said i'm not negotiating. i'm going to sit back and just act like a spoiled child. he always thought he had the political upper hand, which he probably did in the end given the fact that republicans caved in. i'm not so sure the republicans -- that the president is a big winner here. i think a...
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bill clinton, i was so pissed at him yesterday. when he was giving his speech he had the best line. it should not be harder to vote that it is to get an assault weapon. i thought what a great line. because of the nra, they have such a lock on the republican party that we cannot get any kind of sensible gun control. showing ideas the airport. removing shoes. full body scanner. telling someone i am traveling to d.c. to argue against background checks. we had a recent example of a assault weapons with huge magazines and a mental-health issues and this is what resulted. a congressman saying as a member of congress my goal is to do the nra bidding so i will not lose my job. he talked to the empty classroom. they get posted on facebook. so i get a lot of response. i do not usually respond, unless it is like really nasty or something beyond. i do not like to get into big things with people. it is like having an argument with a relative, nothing is ever resolved. the republicans are losing it demographically. they are trying to come up with ways to discourage voting you just had the supreme
bill clinton, i was so pissed at him yesterday. when he was giving his speech he had the best line. it should not be harder to vote that it is to get an assault weapon. i thought what a great line. because of the nra, they have such a lock on the republican party that we cannot get any kind of sensible gun control. showing ideas the airport. removing shoes. full body scanner. telling someone i am traveling to d.c. to argue against background checks. we had a recent example of a assault weapons...
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he is palling around with bill clinton at one time was the biggest liar in a country. i don't know if you could solve them both together, but anyway mr. obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host: good morning denise caller: caller:. killedthere were people and murdered. americans in the benghazi attack. no one has ever come to question about that. if we had pushed as hard and getting information about fast andand the furious, we would have answers right now. but now, we push hard on this health care debacle, but there are still unanswered questions. people were killed, americans are murdered and we do not have that.swers about and getting really angry with these people who keep standing up and saying he's a great president because he's black heard there were many people who
he is palling around with bill clinton at one time was the biggest liar in a country. i don't know if you could solve them both together, but anyway mr. obama is trying. but when you stick your foot in your mouth and do things, you have to come out until the truth. he has done that. but it doesn't seem like he is honest about it. -- does? when he gets up on tv and tells her but it is in that very it he does not look like he is sincere about to new jersey or. that is why, this morning. host:...
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obama and bill clinton join health care law. they expend intricacies of the affordable care act to urge americans to set politics aside and assess whether the health lot is a good deal. party has made a litany test for party loyalty. they try to tell people to get health care for less than the cost of your cell phone bill. by the way, we covered that speech. we will air it for you on c-span at around 11:40 p.m. eastern. it is an hour-long discussion at .hat point in global initiative president obama and the iranian president might have had some sort of meeting that did not just before the iranians both before the general somebody. president the iranian residen before the general assembly. u.s. officials say president obama and the iranian president rouhani will not meet while both leaders are at the united nations. "toosaid it would be complicated" back in iran. looking ahead, here is a quote from the los angeles times. iran posing the president tells -- his. that he is government is ready for "result- oriented" talks with the u
obama and bill clinton join health care law. they expend intricacies of the affordable care act to urge americans to set politics aside and assess whether the health lot is a good deal. party has made a litany test for party loyalty. they try to tell people to get health care for less than the cost of your cell phone bill. by the way, we covered that speech. we will air it for you on c-span at around 11:40 p.m. eastern. it is an hour-long discussion at .hat point in global initiative president...
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the greatest decrease in child poverty in america came under bill clinton with a republican congress in the late 1990's. that is just a fact. jeffrey is shaking his head. no, it is a fact. the lowest level of black children in poverty in history was 1997. you could make an argument that having a welfare system shift toward opportunity would work. >> i'm going to give you all the time you need. before that, what would you say then to those who read the "new york times" stories when they did to review 15 years after bill clinton's welfare to work program, that women and children were falling faster into poverty than anybody else? [applause] it was that program that helped push them in there? were they wrong? >> yes, but let me carry you two steps further. i have been working with a former california assembly leader on a project state-by- state to get people out of prison if they are there for non-violent crimes, to get them brought back into society. you cannot discuss how we will solve some of these problems without rethinking prison in america. [applause] ok? now that is a very diffi
the greatest decrease in child poverty in america came under bill clinton with a republican congress in the late 1990's. that is just a fact. jeffrey is shaking his head. no, it is a fact. the lowest level of black children in poverty in history was 1997. you could make an argument that having a welfare system shift toward opportunity would work. >> i'm going to give you all the time you need. before that, what would you say then to those who read the "new york times" stories...
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bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. president obama and i sat down in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested that i walked away from the deal, i would have to remind him that i was in the oval office, along with the majority leader eric cantor, when we, in fact, had an agreement that two days later the president walked away from. in fact, another negotiation in 2011 that resulted in really the largest deficit reduction bill that we have seen here in the last 30 in 2010 when democrats controlled the congress and president obama was in the white house, what happened was a group of moderate democrats in the house wouldn't agree to raise the debt limit without a negotiation. there was a negotiation then amongst democrats over raising the debt ceiling. the long and short of it is there's going to be a negotiation here. we can't raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what's driving us to borrow more money and to live beyond our means. the idea that we should continue to spend mon
bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990s. president obama and i sat down in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested that i walked away from the deal, i would have to remind him that i was in the oval office, along with the majority leader eric cantor, when we, in fact, had an agreement that two days later the president walked away from. in fact, another negotiation in 2011 that resulted in really the largest deficit reduction bill that we have seen...
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bill clinton's did drive with all of crazy. it, even during the government shutdownthey were constantly ,talking and meeting with each other. i never thought i would say the gingrich and clinton years are the good old years compared -- but it is compared to now. they go to the base and send out fundraising letters. meanwhile the american people are suffering. that is an issue that we have to address. it is time for the american people to take their parties back from the narrow base. what you have now especially in congress is lines in congress is so finely drawn create we have 332 seats. it is almost impossible for republicans to lose and same with democrats. they have 200 seats -- 202 seats and 195 are absolutely safe. charlie rangel tells me he had done something in the early 1970s to make nelson rockefeller happy. rockefeller promised charlie wrangle a good district. apparently they got down on their hands and knees with magic markers and a map. you have your perfect district in three minutes. how many senior citizens you ha
bill clinton's did drive with all of crazy. it, even during the government shutdownthey were constantly ,talking and meeting with each other. i never thought i would say the gingrich and clinton years are the good old years compared -- but it is compared to now. they go to the base and send out fundraising letters. meanwhile the american people are suffering. that is an issue that we have to address. it is time for the american people to take their parties back from the narrow base. what you...
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and in fact, we passed a number of appropriation bills that had already been passed. and so there was not this dire, complete collapse. even though the government was shut down, complete collapse that we are facing now. in addition, there is a representation that we pass any number appointed appropriations during this shutdown. were only those political votes. the reason they were ineffective and members of our party voted against them, they were political votes. they were meant to get democrats on the record for half funding health and human services, half funding indian services, half funding homeland security, half funding any number of departments that, in fact, did not make sense. so let me give you the real cost, if you will, of where we are today and give it through the perspective of my committee, and that is the judiciary mmittee and one of our major f.b.i., that clearly has focused on the domestic security of this nation, very vital work. just about 72 hours, f.b.i. agents joined with my local officials in houston and busted a human trafficking operation, li
and in fact, we passed a number of appropriation bills that had already been passed. and so there was not this dire, complete collapse. even though the government was shut down, complete collapse that we are facing now. in addition, there is a representation that we pass any number appointed appropriations during this shutdown. were only those political votes. the reason they were ineffective and members of our party voted against them, they were political votes. they were meant to get...
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approach of the administration with this shutdown is totally different from bill clinton's. this is just like their approach to the sequester. i will make it hurt. so, what you see -- he is saying the world war ii memorial is open. but there is not a bathroom for it. but the park police have a bathroom, but they will not let the world war ii vets used the bathroom. if this is about punishing because they don't agree -- when you have cdc employees who need to be there, who are necessary -- they were there during bill clinton's time. they are not there now. 75% of our national security apparatus should -- apparatus not there. they were there during the bill clinton shutdown. the question is -- it is a political game. why are we doing this? all we are doing is harming ourselves. put the necessary people out there for the country and then solve the problem. but don't make the problem worse. host: what strategy -- guest: both sides' ability to save face it no one will cry uncle. you have to have leadership that says, i am willing to lead -- i will eat a little crow, now you will
approach of the administration with this shutdown is totally different from bill clinton's. this is just like their approach to the sequester. i will make it hurt. so, what you see -- he is saying the world war ii memorial is open. but there is not a bathroom for it. but the park police have a bathroom, but they will not let the world war ii vets used the bathroom. if this is about punishing because they don't agree -- when you have cdc employees who need to be there, who are necessary -- they...
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clinton. they know clinton for things other than his presidency. so you have several generations now that have come since the march. that is why the organizers of today's march really felt it was important to continue to remind people of this history, but also to link that history with the issues that are effecting people today. one of the central demands of the 1963 march was for jobs. a lot of what we think about when we think of the march is dr. king's speech. we think about segregation. but really the focus from any people at the march, and that's what labor unions were involved, was around jobs because there had been not only discrimination in terms of people getting jobs, but even when people had jobs, there was differences in pay and differences in opportunity for promotion. so those kinds of issues exist today. we know that from that period all the way till now that there has always been pretty close a doubling of black unemployment rate compared to white unemployment rates. has been v
clinton. they know clinton for things other than his presidency. so you have several generations now that have come since the march. that is why the organizers of today's march really felt it was important to continue to remind people of this history, but also to link that history with the issues that are effecting people today. one of the central demands of the 1963 march was for jobs. a lot of what we think about when we think of the march is dr. king's speech. we think about segregation. but...
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and so, please join me in welcoming number 42 and number 44, bill clinton and president barack obama. [applause] >> mr. president. >> are you interviewing me? i've been talking a lot today. that was a good thing you did. thank you for coming. >> it is wonderful to be back and let me start by saying to all the people who have for years now supported the incredible efforts of c.g.i. thank you. because wherever we travel, all across the globe we see the impact that it's making every single day and we're very proud of what you all do. and let me say that we still miss our former secretary of state. [applause] and i should add that there is nothing that she said that was not true. particularly about us marrying up. [laughter] >> well, that brings me to my first health care comment. this will be a conversation about domestic and international health and america's role in it. i want to begin by telling you that i think the first lady has done a great job in this fight against childhood obesity. we have been honored in our foundation to be asked to represent her effort in 18,000 schools where
and so, please join me in welcoming number 42 and number 44, bill clinton and president barack obama. [applause] >> mr. president. >> are you interviewing me? i've been talking a lot today. that was a good thing you did. thank you for coming. >> it is wonderful to be back and let me start by saying to all the people who have for years now supported the incredible efforts of c.g.i. thank you. because wherever we travel, all across the globe we see the impact that it's making...
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as we move forward with budget talks, i want people to keep in mind that when bill clinton left office, our national debt was around $5.3 trillion. had $220 billion surplus. at this state, taxes were higher. the point is we do have a way to have a low debt. it is called paying our bills. it requires congress to pay taxes, penalties and all kinds of ways to pay our debt. i have been an industrial engineer for 20 years. not one corporation can be successful planning the business that way. each week means your business will almost operate 254,000 hours. if you can bet they'll customer demand, that is what your business will do. host: the president took to the microphone. here is his thoughts on the senate vote am looking forward to the end of the government shutdown. before andsaid it will say it again. i am eager to work with anybody. that will grow our economy, create new jobs, strengthen the middle class and get the fiscal house in order for the long-term. i have never believed they have a number not -- that they have a monopoly on good ideas. i am convinced democrats and republicans c
as we move forward with budget talks, i want people to keep in mind that when bill clinton left office, our national debt was around $5.3 trillion. had $220 billion surplus. at this state, taxes were higher. the point is we do have a way to have a low debt. it is called paying our bills. it requires congress to pay taxes, penalties and all kinds of ways to pay our debt. i have been an industrial engineer for 20 years. not one corporation can be successful planning the business that way. each...
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bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990's. president obama and i sat down in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested that i walked away from the deal, i have to remind him that i was in the oval office along with the majority leader eric cantor when we had an agreement in two days later the president walked away from. but there was, in fact, another negotiation in 2011 that resulted in the largest deficit reduction bill we have seen in the last 30 years. in 2010, when democrats controlled the congress and president obama was in the white house, what happened was a group of moderate democrats would not agree to raise the debt limit without a negotiation. there was a negotiation amongst democrats. the long and short of it is, there is going to be a negotiation here. we cannot raise the debt ceiling without doing something about what is driving us to borrow more money and live beyond our means. >> while i am honored to be before the committee today, i would rather be 4000 miles away from here. this
bill clinton went through this three times in the 1990's. president obama and i sat down in 2011 and had a serious negotiation. while the president today suggested that i walked away from the deal, i have to remind him that i was in the oval office along with the majority leader eric cantor when we had an agreement in two days later the president walked away from. but there was, in fact, another negotiation in 2011 that resulted in the largest deficit reduction bill we have seen in the last 30...
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and if you go back to the 1995-1996 shutdown, bill clinton and newt gingrich worked it out. and that means that one gave a little bit and the other man gave a little bit. and that's the way the process is supposed to work. to have the president say, i'm not going to talk about anything, i'm not going to negotiate on anything, is just as nonconstructive as senator cruz saying he's not going to negotiate until we get rid of obamacare. like most things, things are in the middle. where were the moderate republicans? the moderate republicans advocated the reopening of the government. but again when you have a side that says, just reopen the government. no strings attached. don't make any changes to the affordable care act. don't reduce spending. don't do anything about entitlements, tax reform, that's surrender. that's not negotiation, either. i understand your position. you're in new jersey, and new jersey pretty blue state. i guess i'm not surprised. host: governor christie does do well in new jersey? guest: he does do well. he's a moderate. host: i know had you a one question
and if you go back to the 1995-1996 shutdown, bill clinton and newt gingrich worked it out. and that means that one gave a little bit and the other man gave a little bit. and that's the way the process is supposed to work. to have the president say, i'm not going to talk about anything, i'm not going to negotiate on anything, is just as nonconstructive as senator cruz saying he's not going to negotiate until we get rid of obamacare. like most things, things are in the middle. where were the...
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eastern with president ronald reagan's 1981 address, bill clinton in 1993, dwight eisenhower in 1957, harry truman, 1949, 1969, richard nixon, john f. kennedy in 1961. george h.w. bush in 1989, lyndon johnson from 1965, president jimmy carter in 1977, and we will wrap up the night at 11:00 eastern with president george w. bush speech from 19 -- from 2001. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute the office of president of the an ad states faithfully -- >> when chief justice john roberts administered the oath to barack obama on january 20, 2009, there was a major problem. roberts was supposed to say "that i will faithfully execute the office of president of united states. then barack obama stops, paused, smiled, as if to say, "c'mon, man, this is my big day, you got to get this right." unfortunately, he did not get it right, so the very next night in the white house, they did it again. this time roberts used notes which he had not used the first time, and they got it right. >> the history of democracy's big day, monday at 8:00 a.m. part of a three-day holiday "bo
eastern with president ronald reagan's 1981 address, bill clinton in 1993, dwight eisenhower in 1957, harry truman, 1949, 1969, richard nixon, john f. kennedy in 1961. george h.w. bush in 1989, lyndon johnson from 1965, president jimmy carter in 1977, and we will wrap up the night at 11:00 eastern with president george w. bush speech from 19 -- from 2001. >> i barack hussein obama do solemnly swear that i will execute the office of president of the an ad states faithfully -- >> when...
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host: here is what bill clinton had to say. [video clip] >> i veto the spending bill sent to me by congress last night because america can never accept under pressure what it would not accept in free and open debate. i strongly believe there budget plan is bad for america. i believe it will undermine opportunity, make it harder for families to do the work they have to do, weaken can our obligations to our parents and our children, and make our country more divided. so, i will continue to fight for the right kind of balance budget. remember, the republicans are following a very explicit strategy, announced last april by speaker gingrich. to use the threat of government shutdown to force america to accept their cuts in medicare and medicaid, to accept their cuts in education and technology and the environment. yesterday they certainly legislation that said we will only keep the government going, and we will only let it pay for this if and only if we accept their cuts in medicare, their cuts in education, their cuts in the environ
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bill clinton was president in the 1990s. you remember how republicans treated bill clinton. it wasn't that different from how republicans treated barack obama. again, they impeached him. is it just a function of a democratic president where they him from to drive office by any means necessary? the 1990s wanted to do interventions and therefore republicans and conservatives were against it. the energy in the conservative movement is to oppose it. or how much of this is a more consistent philosophical strain? i am trying to sort that out. i don't want to suggest that every republican who has spoken out against syria is just motivated by partisan animus. you look at somebody like justin nosh in the house and i have problem concluding that the guy is 100% sincere. he is coming at this from an ideological, philosophical standpoint. this is not somebody who will be adjusting his principles depending on which party is in the white house. there is plenty of that on the republican side. my question -- i have not seen a satisfying answer to this -- how much of that -- how many of the
bill clinton was president in the 1990s. you remember how republicans treated bill clinton. it wasn't that different from how republicans treated barack obama. again, they impeached him. is it just a function of a democratic president where they him from to drive office by any means necessary? the 1990s wanted to do interventions and therefore republicans and conservatives were against it. the energy in the conservative movement is to oppose it. or how much of this is a more consistent...
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his term as deputy secretary of defense under bill clinton cap a quarter-century of government service that included posts such as under secretary of the air force. before that he was on congressional staff holding various positions including staff director for the house armed services committee. after leaving government service, he ran boeing's office for several years. currently he is senior vice president for national security at the center for american progress here in washington. he will speak for five minutes. >> thank you for the invitation. i thank the sponsors for the chance to come here and participate. this is a very important discussion in terms of how to be thinking about the defense budget, how to look ahead. we are in one of those times where we need to recalibrate. a period dominated by iraq and afghanistan is coming to an end. we still have combat troops in afghanistan. their exit in 2014 is something that we have to have a focus on. moving beyond that, we have got the asia-pacific at the center of global commerce, the center of the recovery from the economic slowdown.
his term as deputy secretary of defense under bill clinton cap a quarter-century of government service that included posts such as under secretary of the air force. before that he was on congressional staff holding various positions including staff director for the house armed services committee. after leaving government service, he ran boeing's office for several years. currently he is senior vice president for national security at the center for american progress here in washington. he will...
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cdc employees were there during bill clinton's time. they are not there now. 70% of our security apparatus was there. they are not there now. this is a political game. why are we doing this? all we are doing is harming ourselves. but don't make the problems worse. give both sides the ability to save face and come to a position. nobody is going to yell uncle from these hardened positions. what you have to have his leadership saying i am willing to lead. i am willing to give up something. i will eat a little crow and you eat a little crow. -- : so that host: so that means passing a clean cr. no, that is what the president wants him to do. is it right that the president pass certainy portions of the affordable care act and congress says he cannot and somehow that is ron? when you say this though -- this is not going to apply to businesses with 50 or more but is still going to apply to people with 50 or less, which is still the majority of businesses in this country, that is innately unfair. to say you want to change that and you are not wi
cdc employees were there during bill clinton's time. they are not there now. 70% of our security apparatus was there. they are not there now. this is a political game. why are we doing this? all we are doing is harming ourselves. but don't make the problems worse. give both sides the ability to save face and come to a position. nobody is going to yell uncle from these hardened positions. what you have to have his leadership saying i am willing to lead. i am willing to give up something. i will...
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newt gingrich and bill clinton either met in person or spoke everyday on the telephone. when you have a president who says i will not negotiate, that gives john boehner few options. he can either capitulate and say on are right and let's move or he can attempt to make changes. he did everything in his power to make changes with the cards he was dealt. host: from twitter -- guest: not at all. that's what kills me about this thing. when i talk about reaching common ground, there are segments on both the right and the left that call that surrender. going to cave in and give in to the other point of view. that's not what it's about. in a constitutional republic which we enjoy, when one party controls the house of representatives and the other party is in the majority in the senate and the white house happens to be controlled by a democrat at the moment, you have to find ways to work exam. surrender would be one way and i or't advocate surrender acceding to anything the president and harry reid want to do but, likewise, a bargain and negotiation is you get something, you give
newt gingrich and bill clinton either met in person or spoke everyday on the telephone. when you have a president who says i will not negotiate, that gives john boehner few options. he can either capitulate and say on are right and let's move or he can attempt to make changes. he did everything in his power to make changes with the cards he was dealt. host: from twitter -- guest: not at all. that's what kills me about this thing. when i talk about reaching common ground, there are segments on...
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the keynote speaker at the democratic national convention this year was civil rights rapist bill clinton. [applause] the convention featured a tribute to teddy kennedy who has the only confirmed kill in the war on women. [applause] mansonexpected charles to show up on night three. some taxpayers don't want to pay for someone else's birth control. i think that haircut is birth control enough. your average democrat believes crazier than todd aiken but the democrats don't let their candidates open their mouths and stay stupid stuff. otherwise, you would have democrats saying that abortion shower funded federally, confiscate all guns. democrats tell their candidates open your mouth and we'll kill you. muchdition to, being better at stealing elections, democrats are much crueler to those who hurt the democratic party. they don't get book contracts or radio gigs or tv gigs for harming the democratic party. where is howard dean's tv show? if we focused on what is really causing problems, they are to say that the problem republican party is the conservative principles. conservativism is the only
the keynote speaker at the democratic national convention this year was civil rights rapist bill clinton. [applause] the convention featured a tribute to teddy kennedy who has the only confirmed kill in the war on women. [applause] mansonexpected charles to show up on night three. some taxpayers don't want to pay for someone else's birth control. i think that haircut is birth control enough. your average democrat believes crazier than todd aiken but the democrats don't let their candidates open...
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iran's foreignh minister, and former president bill clinton. fox news sunday at 2:00, with lee, andarthy, mike tim kane. "state of the union" re-airs at 3:00 p.m. eastern time. candy crowley talks with john barrasso of wyoming. rodgers of the state of washington. "face the nation," senators rand paul, dick durbin of illinois. republican congresswoman marcy blackburn of tennessee and chris van hollen of maryland. the sunday network tv talk shows are brought to you as a public service by the networks and c- span. the rebroadcast of the shows begin at noon eastern with and bc's "meet the press." at 2:00, "fox news sunday." three clock, "state of the union." listen to them all on c-span country on xmthe satellite radio channel 119. download our free app for your smart phone or listen online, cspanradio.org. this was a perfect backdrop for the campaign. not only did it show the human s.de of the harding' they lived in a very normal house. florence was very much a part of this message. she was a very visible part of this campaign. she was always near
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i guess the flavor of the day is bill clinton, regardless of what his motivation. i am sure it is to distance his wife from the obama administration, which he has already done by resigning as secretary of state. because of benghazi, and let's be honest here, things got pretty tough when she was supposed to testify. she waited five months and then she said -- what does it matter at this point? well, she made it at that point from september 11 until january when she doesn't fight. but anyway, bill clinton is telling the truth for once and he is holding obama speak to the fire. people are saying this is good for us -- how can we hate it? i never had a majority of people, even before this thing was passed that was in favor of doing this. people forget about that. if the president made any mistake in saying if you like your health care, you can keep it, period. if you like your doctor, you can keep him, period, which is a lie. if you fix it now and take bill clinton's advice since he made a commitment, even if the matrix -- even if it means changing the law, then he mea
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they did something similar to bill clinton. as soon as they got control of will doe, they said we everything to try to discredit this president. he got reelected, try to impeach him. they have tont is try to show that democrats do not have any right to government in their country. their birthright to control the government. that is the problem in a nutshell. our cameras were around washington yesterday and then again this morning to show you the impact of the government shutdown as well is what is happening around the city. go other evidence is if you to nasa tv website, this is what you would find. do to the lapse in government funding, this site is not available. that is on nasa tv. other news real quickly, want to let you know president obama's nominee for energy regulatory has withdrawn the nomination. the former energy regulator strongly backs and was opposed by at least half of the 22 member senate energy committee, including all 10 republicans and at least one democrat. he has withdrawn the nomination. the united nations
they did something similar to bill clinton. as soon as they got control of will doe, they said we everything to try to discredit this president. he got reelected, try to impeach him. they have tont is try to show that democrats do not have any right to government in their country. their birthright to control the government. that is the problem in a nutshell. our cameras were around washington yesterday and then again this morning to show you the impact of the government shutdown as well is what...
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the republicans forced bill clinton to give china a free trade agreement that took a lot of our jobs. jobs andhave a lot of you would have more people paying into the government and you would have a little bit more to pay some things. i think the spending, especially at the local levels, are way out of control. guest: thank you for your question. regarding the financial markets, i agree -- we should not engage in scare tactics with the financial markets here or across the globe and that's why i favor never defaulting on our debts and never defaulting on any other of our financial obligations, not only not paying the interest on our treasury bills but also paying those with whom the federal government contracts. hasthe white house briefing been pushed out about one hour to two 40 5 p.m. eastern. if the house is not returned, we will show it to you live here on c-span. you can see it online at www.c- span.org. in the meantime, we will take you back to our conversation. you mentioned your possible support of donald trump and i would like to see chris christie from new jersey as a candida
the republicans forced bill clinton to give china a free trade agreement that took a lot of our jobs. jobs andhave a lot of you would have more people paying into the government and you would have a little bit more to pay some things. i think the spending, especially at the local levels, are way out of control. guest: thank you for your question. regarding the financial markets, i agree -- we should not engage in scare tactics with the financial markets here or across the globe and that's why i...
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the polls, reviewing in general, bill clinton came out ahead. the republicans were blamed more. the republican reputation recovered and bill clinton won the election in 1996 and republicans gained a couple of senate seats. budget andbalanced agreement to lay that out as a goal. no continuing was resolution. all 12 or 13 of the spending ills were enacted. bills were enacted. was another statistic -- we saw an overall cost of $1.4 billion. anst: i believe that is dollars from that. , about $2 billion. host: even though we stop things, we still end up spending money. guest: there are a whole lot of delayed whose work is in long-term mining. there criticized a lot. makes all of those efforts a lot more difficult. host: ward, democrats line. you are on. know --i would like to the people want to know what is really going on, go to obamacare.com, scroll down to 107 and you people will want to know why you want your residence and your judicial -- we want your presidentnt and your judicial system impeached. and the united states is required to have insurance because of us being infidels.
the polls, reviewing in general, bill clinton came out ahead. the republicans were blamed more. the republican reputation recovered and bill clinton won the election in 1996 and republicans gained a couple of senate seats. budget andbalanced agreement to lay that out as a goal. no continuing was resolution. all 12 or 13 of the spending ills were enacted. bills were enacted. was another statistic -- we saw an overall cost of $1.4 billion. anst: i believe that is dollars from that. , about $2...
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i voted for hillary, and i would vote for her again because i made more money under bill clinton in 12 years than i did in -- under reagan, bush senior or ocean junior, and i think this country needs to be taught a lesson and go under depression for about a week, and everybody appreciates. -- would appreciate what they do. i am on disability. i drove a truck for 20 years. i vote every trucker calls -- i hope every trucker calls to shut it down. guest: i will not go there could host: it is not 2016 yet. iest: it is not 2016, and love hillary, and i hope she runs, and i would be out front carrying the flag, the going to the point where we want a depression is not something we should be asking for, but he brings up the point, he did very well under president clinton, and i think there are a lot of americans that did in that balanced way. remember, it was that democratic budget. many people lost their seats and we ended up in surplus. we also had, believe it or not, speaker newt gingrich at that point, who was a more pragmatic politician who made investments in children's health care, immu
i voted for hillary, and i would vote for her again because i made more money under bill clinton in 12 years than i did in -- under reagan, bush senior or ocean junior, and i think this country needs to be taught a lesson and go under depression for about a week, and everybody appreciates. -- would appreciate what they do. i am on disability. i drove a truck for 20 years. i vote every trucker calls -- i hope every trucker calls to shut it down. guest: i will not go there could host: it is not...
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president bill clinton yesterday with cnn's spanish channel. we are getting your take on whether president obama should send a message and hold somebody failure of for the healthcare.gov. should he fire someone? on foreign policy, a tweet -- he will be up on capitol hill to testify about that. there are headlines about that deal. the financial times this morning. is in chinasident and has met with japanese leaders as well. dianne feinstein and robert --endez vice president biden meeting on with asian leaders. we are talking about healthcare.gov. it somebody be fired over its failures? pennsylvania. republican. caller: good morning. i feel that the obama care fiasco has been ruining many people. my son, for instance. 62 years old -- he signed up for security and about two days later he got a letter that he had no more insurance. this is wrong. it is happening to everybody. the insurance companies must be relishing this problem. i think he is wrong and they do that he talks on both sides of his mouth. he tells us one thing and he knows he is goin
president bill clinton yesterday with cnn's spanish channel. we are getting your take on whether president obama should send a message and hold somebody failure of for the healthcare.gov. should he fire someone? on foreign policy, a tweet -- he will be up on capitol hill to testify about that. there are headlines about that deal. the financial times this morning. is in chinasident and has met with japanese leaders as well. dianne feinstein and robert --endez vice president biden meeting on with...
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the republicans forced bill clinton to give china a free trade agreement that took a lot of our jobs. you could afford -- you would have more people paying into the government and you would have more of a based to pay some of the things. i do think the spending at the local levels are way out of control. guest: thank you for your question, richard. i agree with you that we should not engage in scare tactics with the financial markets either here or across the globe. i favor never defaulting on our debt and on any other of our financial obligations. paying those with whom the federal government contracts. we have a legal and moral obligation to pay all of our bills and to pay our bills on time and to pay them fully. i think that is the essence of my being a republican. i believe we should pay our bills on time. you mentioned your support of donald trump for president. i would like to see chris christie for a candidate in 2016 for president. he is up for reelection and i think he will win on tuesday, november 5. theuld urge him to seek republican nomination for president. bring toe woul
the republicans forced bill clinton to give china a free trade agreement that took a lot of our jobs. you could afford -- you would have more people paying into the government and you would have more of a based to pay some of the things. i do think the spending at the local levels are way out of control. guest: thank you for your question, richard. i agree with you that we should not engage in scare tactics with the financial markets either here or across the globe. i favor never defaulting on...
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>> overreached -- bill clinton in 1994. republicans thought that in 2000 x where the new governor of indiana said, hey, republicans are going to act like democrats with all that spending and government expansion, they will just hire the professionals. and they did. then you saw in 2010, dialing back of the extremism of the first two years. yes, i would like to back up to your original question. i stand in a very small circle of conservatives who have said publicly that obama has significant advantages and would probably win. a recent i said that, i am a professional pollster. i saw a couple things i would like to share with you so that we learn from this past cycle. one is that, the fundamentals of the race never shifted. in the last 100 years, only one incumbent president ending for reelection was defeated who had not been challenged by his own party. jimmy carter lost, but he had been challenged. george herbert worker lost, but he had been challenged. the only president who lost his bid for reelection and had not been cha
>> overreached -- bill clinton in 1994. republicans thought that in 2000 x where the new governor of indiana said, hey, republicans are going to act like democrats with all that spending and government expansion, they will just hire the professionals. and they did. then you saw in 2010, dialing back of the extremism of the first two years. yes, i would like to back up to your original question. i stand in a very small circle of conservatives who have said publicly that obama has...
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president obama and bill clinton were among the speakers. and kathleen sebelius will testify on capitol hill about implementing the capital law. she will be at the house energy commission live on c-span three. c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span, created by the cable tv industry 34 years ago and funded by your local cable or satellite provider. now, you can watch us in hd. the centers for medicare and medicaid services apologizes for the issues on the healthcare.gov website since his rollout. maryland testified before the house ways and means committee. a congressman chairs this three- hour hearing. [captions copyright national cable satellite corp. 2013] [captioning performed by national captioning institute] >> this hearing will come to order. good morning. i would like to welcome marilyn tavener,
president obama and bill clinton were among the speakers. and kathleen sebelius will testify on capitol hill about implementing the capital law. she will be at the house energy commission live on c-span three. c-span. we bring public affairs events from washington directly to you, putting you in the room at congressional hearings, white house events, briefings, and and offering complete gavel-to-gavel coverage of the u.s. house, all as a public service of private industry. we are c-span,...
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his name was bill clinton. we had a republican governor, just like we do in arizona right now. stimington. president clinton worked with our republican governer to allow them to use private and state resources to keep the park open. so our governor, governor brewer, writes a letter to president obama thinking that he might be somewhat similar in nature to president clinton as far as being willing to negotiate. these are people's lives on the line. what did they get? big fat zero. no way, you can't open it. we've seen that time and time again. we've seen it on the national mall. that when certain groups of people want to come and take a look at the monuments or go into the national mall, that, no, the government's shut down. you can't come in. everything's shut. but yesterday what happened in the national mall? 15,000 people came for a protest on immigration reform. and they opened up the national mall. so it's a disturbing pattern. if you agree with the president and his policies, we're going to do everything within our power to use government to help you get where you need to
his name was bill clinton. we had a republican governor, just like we do in arizona right now. stimington. president clinton worked with our republican governer to allow them to use private and state resources to keep the park open. so our governor, governor brewer, writes a letter to president obama thinking that he might be somewhat similar in nature to president clinton as far as being willing to negotiate. these are people's lives on the line. what did they get? big fat zero. no way, you...
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why did bill clinton always go to martha's vineyard? priceey paying a proper for the houses they rent? these issues of been explored in every administration i have seen in washington since the 1980's. >> we will take one or two more calls, and then wrap things up with our guest. these -- caller: lobbyists, i think they ought to be outlawed. is just bribery, if you think about it. it is just bribery, paying off the politicians, putting money in their pockets for what their goal is, not the people's goal. that is what i have to say. host: is there any aspect of this we have not talked about that you want to bring up, anything else we should know? guest: not really. i think it has been good to hear the opinions of people in the real world about this, and about the presidential stuff. it gives us something to think about. guest: maybe it is something we can think about. the reuters washington bureau chief. thank you for your time. >> we take you live now to dublin, new hampshire. this is a fundraiser with texas senator ted cruz, one of the
why did bill clinton always go to martha's vineyard? priceey paying a proper for the houses they rent? these issues of been explored in every administration i have seen in washington since the 1980's. >> we will take one or two more calls, and then wrap things up with our guest. these -- caller: lobbyists, i think they ought to be outlawed. is just bribery, if you think about it. it is just bribery, paying off the politicians, putting money in their pockets for what their goal is, not the...
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clinton. so the two of them are going to be trying to explain away all of the problems of the health care law. and i'm calling on president clinton to actually be honest and apologize to the people who are being hurt by the health care law. that so many people who had part-time jobs, who have had their hours cut, so many spouses who have lost, who have received insurance through work , who are now going to be cut off of their insurance policies, also the young people who are being asked to pay a lot more for health insurance. many people can't afford even with the subsidies, they're not going to be able to afford hem. and also apologize to the union believe thed president when he said, if you like what you have, you can keep it and your insurance rates will come down. none of these things have come true. so i'm hoping with both presidents together, they level with the american people and apologize for the damage hey've caused. >> senator cruz argues that what he is doing is fighting for a very
clinton. so the two of them are going to be trying to explain away all of the problems of the health care law. and i'm calling on president clinton to actually be honest and apologize to the people who are being hurt by the health care law. that so many people who had part-time jobs, who have had their hours cut, so many spouses who have lost, who have received insurance through work , who are now going to be cut off of their insurance policies, also the young people who are being asked to pay...
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because the american people have elected a democratic president, bill clinton, democrats and republicans in the united states senate don't agree with us and democrats in the house of representatives don't agree with us. we've got compromise. newt gingrich was right then. john boehner ought to follow his advice now. >> his advice now is not good. of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 30, 2013, at 10:00 p.m. that the senate disagreed to the amendment of the house to the amendment of the senate to the joint resolution. house joint resolution 59. signed, sincerely, karen l. haas. the speaker pro tempore: for what purpose does the gentleman from texas seek recognition? mr. sessions: mr. speaker, i send to the desk a privileged report from the committee on rules for filing under the rule. the speaker pro tempore: the clerk will report the title. the clerk: report to accompany house resolution 368, resolution relating to consideration of the joint resolution, house joint resolution 59, making con
because the american people have elected a democratic president, bill clinton, democrats and republicans in the united states senate don't agree with us and democrats in the house of representatives don't agree with us. we've got compromise. newt gingrich was right then. john boehner ought to follow his advice now. >> his advice now is not good. of the rules of the u.s. house of representatives, the clerk received the following message from the secretary of the senate on september 30,...
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it will be bill clinton's second effort in recent weeks to promote the three-year-old law. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. student cam video competition is underway, open to all middle and high school students. we're doubling the winners and prize money. minute a five- to seven- documentary on the most important issue congress should consider in 2014. by january 20, 2014. need more information? visit studentcam.org. >> the book tells the story of a nuclear weapons accident in arkansas that occurred in 1980. i use that story, that narrative, as a way of looking at the management of our nuclear weapons really since the first nuclear device was invented in 1945. and i hope to remind readers that these weapons are out there, that they are still capable of being used, that there is probably no more important thing that our government does that manage them. because these are the most dangerous machines ever built. and i think the subject has fallen off the radar quite a bit since the end of the cold war. >> words you do not want to hear together -- "nuclea
it will be bill clinton's second effort in recent weeks to promote the three-year-old law. those are some of the latest headlines on c-span radio. student cam video competition is underway, open to all middle and high school students. we're doubling the winners and prize money. minute a five- to seven- documentary on the most important issue congress should consider in 2014. by january 20, 2014. need more information? visit studentcam.org. >> the book tells the story of a nuclear weapons...
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caller: the government shutdown -- if you go back to the newt gingrich and bill clinton years, bill clinton did everything that a right-wing president would do. don't ask don't tell. he was extorted. president obama has to spend his time trying to get it overturned and work with them. basically what you have is a bunch of people who are angry. you get mad when you lose a ballgame or marbles or something you take your marbles and your ball and you go home. it is also racially motivated. a lot of these people were brought up in a time when racism is rampant. .hese people are still living these tea party people are directly trying to destroy this government from within. after bill at it, clinton and them balance the budget, the very next year when bush and cheney took office, it doesn't matter. they give it all back to tax breaks. youlanced budget -- if grover norquist plan to destroy the government, don't let the government of democrats, act like the democrats -- act like the deficit matters when it really doesn't. caller: i absolutely think it is worth it. we have had so much trouble getting
caller: the government shutdown -- if you go back to the newt gingrich and bill clinton years, bill clinton did everything that a right-wing president would do. don't ask don't tell. he was extorted. president obama has to spend his time trying to get it overturned and work with them. basically what you have is a bunch of people who are angry. you get mad when you lose a ballgame or marbles or something you take your marbles and your ball and you go home. it is also racially motivated. a lot of...
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bill clinton has been mentioned and i just urge everybody to listen to what he said. it strengthen the -- strengthens the work requirements. and i quote, his name has been mentioned so often, the requirement was for more work not less. so to come forth here and say flashese kens it is to put it mildly. you know what this is? in a few words, this is an a rt in 2013 to validate political ad of the year 2012. and that's worse than unhappy, when this place is searching for some ability to work together. the election's over. let's get on with the work ahead of us. i yield back. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman from michigan, mr. levin, yields back his time. the gentleman from michigan, mr. camp, is recognized. mr. camp: i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized for as much time as he wishes to use. mr. camp: i would just say that as other speakers have mentioned, the 1996 welfare reform law has been tremendously successful, it is low -- it has lowered welfare rolls, it has lifted people out of poverty, it has redu
bill clinton has been mentioned and i just urge everybody to listen to what he said. it strengthen the -- strengthens the work requirements. and i quote, his name has been mentioned so often, the requirement was for more work not less. so to come forth here and say flashese kens it is to put it mildly. you know what this is? in a few words, this is an a rt in 2013 to validate political ad of the year 2012. and that's worse than unhappy, when this place is searching for some ability to work...
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we've balanced the budget before. 1997, republican congress working with a democrat president, bill clinton, came together to put the plan that would in fact balance the budget and we did. for four years ran a budget surplus. the president has an opportunity during this critical debate to come forward and to help make this part of his legacy like it has become part of the clinton legacy. working together on behalf of the american people to solve what we know is a crisis in our country. we can't continue to spend money that we don't have. it's as simple as that. when you spent more money than you brought in for 50 of the last 60 years, no american family can do this, no american business can do this, no government can do this without bringing on a debt crisis that is sure to imperil the future of our kids and grandkids. vote for the ryan budget. i yield back. the chair: the gentleman's time has expired. who seeks time? mr. van hollen: i reserve the balance of my time. the chair: the gentleman from maryland reserves his time. mr. ryan: i reserve the time since i have the right to close. we ha
we've balanced the budget before. 1997, republican congress working with a democrat president, bill clinton, came together to put the plan that would in fact balance the budget and we did. for four years ran a budget surplus. the president has an opportunity during this critical debate to come forward and to help make this part of his legacy like it has become part of the clinton legacy. working together on behalf of the american people to solve what we know is a crisis in our country. we can't...
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the latest was in 1995 when newt gingrich was speaker and bill clinton was president. 21 days that one lasted. here are some potential impacts. about 800,000 civilian wor for loaded,e including national parks, federal museums, overseas offices, regulatory agencies, irs call centers, that her grant/contract offices. what will not be affected will care,ial security, that a entitlement programs, and military, national security. on facebook and you are more than welcome to go to facebook.com. is responsible for the current fiscal stalemate? 730 six say democrats are responsible, while 3300 30 say congressional republicans, and group say that the white house is responsible. this is available on span, and thec house is coming into session. the senate is still in session, talking about this issue. harry reid has said this issue is not going anywhere. we do not know when the house is coming back, but we will go there live when they do. senator david fitter is holding a press conference shortly. he will be talking about the government shutdown, and in particular, what was talked looking the lea
the latest was in 1995 when newt gingrich was speaker and bill clinton was president. 21 days that one lasted. here are some potential impacts. about 800,000 civilian wor for loaded,e including national parks, federal museums, overseas offices, regulatory agencies, irs call centers, that her grant/contract offices. what will not be affected will care,ial security, that a entitlement programs, and military, national security. on facebook and you are more than welcome to go to facebook.com. is...